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What is your favorite statistical graph?

asked Jul 23, 2014 at 18:52

38 votes

2 answers

8k views

Should we address multiple comparisons adjustments when using confidence intervals?

asked Sep 9, 2014 at 19:09

26 votes

3 answers

7k views

Representing interaction effects in directed acyclic graphs

asked Jun 19, 2015 at 16:09

24 votes

1 answer

2k views

Plain language meaning of "dependent" and "independent" tests in the multiple comparisons literature?

asked Feb 12, 2015 at 1:01

22 votes

3 answers

9k views

Which notation and why: $\text{P}()$, $\Pr()$, $\text{Prob}()$, or $\mathbb{P}()$

asked Jul 18, 2014 at 17:34

22 votes

2 answers

1k views

Does LASSO suffer from the same problems stepwise regression does?

asked May 31, 2019 at 18:31

21 votes

4 answers

67k views

Should the mean be used when data are skewed?

asked May 4, 2014 at 19:03

20 votes

4 answers

2k views

What kinds of statistical problems are likely to benefit from quantum computing?

asked Dec 31, 2017 at 15:51

17 votes

1 answer

10k views

Does it make sense to perform a one-tailed Kolmogorov-Smirnov test?

asked Jul 11, 2014 at 23:17

16 votes

2 answers

10k views

"Dummy variable" versus "indicator variable" for nominal/categorical data

asked Nov 26, 2014 at 18:09

13 votes

2 answers

2k views

Is there a simple equivalence test version of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test?

asked May 13, 2014 at 18:42

12 votes

1 answer

5k views

Left-hand & right-hand side nomenclature in regression models

asked Nov 16, 2016 at 17:19

10 votes

3 answers

422 views

Test of association for a normally-distributed DV by directional independent variables?

asked Mar 22, 2016 at 20:42

10 votes

1 answer

2k views

Intuitive explanation of differences between TOST and UMP tests for equivalence

asked Apr 29, 2014 at 16:29

10 votes

2 answers

2k views

Odds ratio vs probability ratio

asked Feb 24, 2020 at 23:54

9 votes

2 answers

401 views

How to correctly represent difference variables in DAGs?

asked May 17, 2018 at 23:07

9 votes

2 answers

628 views

Recommendation: high-level comparison of formal causal reasoning approaches

asked Jan 4, 2022 at 21:56

9 votes

1 answer

704 views

What is the two-sample CDF of of $D^{+}$ and $D^{-}$ from the one-sided Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test?

asked Jul 13, 2014 at 18:31

9 votes

1 answer

696 views

Cross validation with nonparametric smoothing regressions

asked Aug 18, 2014 at 21:24

8 votes

1 answer

121 views

What is the term for the product of a probability and its complement?

asked Jun 3, 2015 at 18:45

8 votes

2 answers

105 views

Historically, did pseudo RNGs have range [0,1] because of the ease of drawing from $f$ using $F^{-1}(p)$, or for some other reason?

asked May 11, 2020 at 1:38

8 votes

5 answers

670 views

Are the differences between sampling clusters and sampling strata, conceptual, methodological, neither or both?

asked Jul 13, 2020 at 19:50

7 votes

2 answers

928 views

How to prove that the probability of spurious correlation increases with random walk length?

asked Nov 10, 2017 at 20:00

7 votes

2 answers

993 views

How does one graph the PDF of a variable having a mixed discrete-continuous distribution?

asked Mar 20, 2018 at 0:43

6 votes

2 answers

183 views

Origin of terms "sensitivity" and "specificity"

asked Feb 22, 2021 at 16:52

6 votes

4 answers

370 views

Is there a generalized concept of noncentrality of a distribution?

asked Apr 26, 2021 at 19:27

6 votes

1 answer

564 views

When is performing back-transformation of inferences on transformed variables Ok, and when is it not Ok?

asked Oct 9, 2019 at 20:32

6 votes

2 answers

214 views

Does computing the test statistic for $H_{0}\text{: }\beta = c$, for $c \ne 0$ in a regression require a funky distribution?

asked Mar 28, 2019 at 0:08

5 votes

2 answers

185 views

Does the t statistic have uses unrelated to hypothesis testing?

asked Jul 24, 2020 at 16:59

5 votes

1 answer

138 views

Directed Acyclic Graphs and the no unrepresented prior common causes assumption

asked Apr 28, 2018 at 20:16

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What is your favorite statistical graph?

Should we address multiple comparisons adjustments when using confidence intervals?

Representing interaction effects in directed acyclic graphs

Plain language meaning of "dependent" and "independent" tests in the multiple comparisons literature?

Which notation and why: $\text{P}()$, $\Pr()$, $\text{Prob}()$, or $\mathbb{P}()$

Does LASSO suffer from the same problems stepwise regression does?

Should the mean be used when data are skewed?

What kinds of statistical problems are likely to benefit from quantum computing?

Does it make sense to perform a one-tailed Kolmogorov-Smirnov test?

"Dummy variable" versus "indicator variable" for nominal/categorical data

Is there a simple equivalence test version of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test?

Left-hand & right-hand side nomenclature in regression models

Test of association for a normally-distributed DV by directional independent variables?

Intuitive explanation of differences between TOST and UMP tests for equivalence

Odds ratio vs probability ratio

How to correctly represent difference variables in DAGs?

Recommendation: high-level comparison of formal causal reasoning approaches

What is the two-sample CDF of of $D^{+}$ and $D^{-}$ from the one-sided Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test?

Cross validation with nonparametric smoothing regressions

What is the term for the product of a probability and its complement?

Historically, did pseudo RNGs have range [0,1] because of the ease of drawing from $f$ using $F^{-1}(p)$, or for some other reason?

Are the differences between sampling clusters and sampling strata, conceptual, methodological, neither or both?

How to prove that the probability of spurious correlation increases with random walk length?

How does one graph the PDF of a variable having a mixed discrete-continuous distribution?

Origin of terms "sensitivity" and "specificity"

Is there a generalized concept of noncentrality of a distribution?

When is performing back-transformation of inferences on transformed variables Ok, and when is it not Ok?

Does computing the test statistic for $H_{0}\text{: }\beta = c$, for $c \ne 0$ in a regression require a funky distribution?

Does the t statistic have uses unrelated to hypothesis testing?

Directed Acyclic Graphs and the no unrepresented prior common causes assumption